Metaverse and Weaponized Tech

Metaverse and Weaponized Tech

Author: Ampel September 6, 2022 Duration: 58:12

With our new series 'A Brief History of the Metaverse' just around the corner here on The Next Billion Seconds, we thought we would share Mark's recent appearance on The Futurists podcast where some very relevant things are discussed!

"Award-winning author and technologist Mark Pesce tells us about the deep history of today’s consumer technology in military R&D including the 30 year arc of the Metaverse which Pesce himself kickstarted in the early 1990s. Pesce points out how consumer technology has outpaced the defense innovation, and now has become a front for a new kind of warfare.”

You can check out other episodes of The Futurists on your pod player of choice or right here: https://provoke.fm/category/thefuturists

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